Rufe Gentry
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Born on May 18, 1918 in Daisy Station, North Carolina, Rufe Gentry (James Ruffus Gentry) played for the Detroit Tigers for his entire 5 year career. Gentry broke into the bigs on September 10, 1943 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 4.24 ERA in 203.2 innings pitched in 1944, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Rufe Gentry's best season was 1944, when he posted a 4.24 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 68 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1943
| DET
| A
| 4
| 4
| 1
| 3
| 3.68
| 8
| 12
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 29.1
| 30
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1944
| DET
| A
| 37
| 30
| 12
| 14
| 4.24
| 68
| 104
| 96
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 203.2
| 211
| 9
| 108
| 0
| 4
| 4
|
| 1946
| DET
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 15.00
| 1
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1947
| DET
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 81.00
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| DET
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.70
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.2
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 48
| 34
| 13
| 17
| 4.37
| 78
| 126
| 118
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 243
| 251
| 11
| 134
| 0
| 5
| 7
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1943
| DET
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1944
| DET
| A
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 43
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1946
| DET
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1947
| DET
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1948
| DET
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 49
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1943
| DET
| A
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .091
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1944
| DET
| A
| 37
| 76
| 1
| 15
| 0
| 10
| .197
| .208
| .224
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| 1946
| DET
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1947
| DET
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| DET
| A
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 48
| 87
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 10
| .184
| .202
| .207
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
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